Characterization of creep and crack growth interactions in the fracture behavior of concrete

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 571-575

  Denarié, Emmanuel ^a   Cécot, Christophe ^a,b   Huet, Christian ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Expertises en Mécanique et Ingénierie   (France)

Author keywords

Concrete; Creep; Finite element analysis; Microcracking; Micromechanics

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CONCRETES; CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORMABILITY; FRACTURE; MICROCRACKING; VISCOELASTICITY;

VISCOELASTIC RESPONSE;

CREEP;

EID: 32344447957     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2005.11.011     Document Type: Article

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